The plan to develop this site will significantly impact on the rural nature of the village of Elstow. Currently we enjoy a country feel to our residents which is far enough away from the surrounding Wixams Village to not adversely affect this. This propose new development will encroach on the rural nature of Elstow Village be completely overbearing and out of kilter with our historic village.
The development will not only create huge noise and dust pollution for many years but also detract from the heritage of the village whereby it becomes indistinguishable from Wixams, and indeed potentially Bedford itself.
Furthermore, residents of Elstow enjoy, on a daily basis, the variety of wildlife in the area ranging from the birds of prey to the local deer population. This development, with all that entails, would only adversely affect the ecological balance, which, given the development time and resulting impact on the local green space and traffic, would see this permanently decline.